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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 211 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
sustainable behaviours
qualitative research method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,835
3,523
0.399
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Interest representation in the European Unio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,310
1,210
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,551
2,915
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nutrition
Public Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,876
2,517
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
rehabilitatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,640
2,204
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Obesity and nutritio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,606
997
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Community Organisation
Community Development
Tribal Social Work
Folkpreneurship
Traditiona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,498
1,306
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
semantic web
linked data
provenance
crowdsourcing
knowledge acquisitio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,294
1,190
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Operations Management
Supply Chain Management
Sustainability
Circular Economy
Digital Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,862
1,724
0.926
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Offshore renewables
biotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,715
353
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Public participation
Design collaboration
Urban renewal
Built Heritage
Co-Desig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,616
744
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
photochemistry
wastewater treatment
reactor developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,516
521
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Graph Matching
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Document Image Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,439
1,245
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mathematics of Fuzziness
Graph Theory
Clustering Algorithms
Mathematics of Partial Presenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,079
306
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,047
514
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
knowledge management
narrative
innovation
storytelling
informatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,013
546
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
soft matter processing
self assembly
nanostructure preparation technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
982
570
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Control
Dynamics
Robotics/Aerospace
AI/ML
Hysteresi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
924
524
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Fuel cell
Wind Turbine
Renewable energy
heat exchanger
porous media flo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
845
646
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Biology
Drug Discovery
Cellulose based Drug Delivery
Drug Delivery
Natural Product
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
338
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Buildings and energy efficiency
retrofitting
real estate
digitalisatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
747
532
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Argumentation
artificial intelligence
computer scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
715
307
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Photocatalysis
reactor design
environmental
tracers
optoelectronic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
704
289
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Clinical Pharmac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
651
409
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Structural Integrity
Condition Monitoring
Erosion and Corrosion
Acoustic Emissio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
493
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,351
1,684
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Seonaidh Mcdonald
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,835
3,523
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,816
2,273
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Justin Greenwood
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,310
1,210
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,591
2,662
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Neil Mcewan
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,551
2,915
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,761
3,114
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wrieden
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,876
2,517
0.428
Nutrition
Public Healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
373,670
9,060
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kay Cooper
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,640
2,204
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
377,534
9,195
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Giovanna Bermano
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,606
997
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
390,057
9,667
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Amit Kumar
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,498
1,306
0.523
Community Organisation
Community Development
Tribal Social Work
Folkpreneurship
Traditiona
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
415,607
10,622
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David Corsar
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,294
1,190
0.519
semantic web
linked data
provenance
crowdsourcing
knowledge acquisitio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
482,182
13,106
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Adekunle Oke|A. Oke
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,862
1,724
0.926
Operations Management
Supply Chain Management
Sustainability
Circular Economy
Digital Technolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
510,015
14,210
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ian D Broadbent
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,715
353
0.206
Offshore renewables
biotechnolog
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
529,986
14,978
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Richard Laing
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,616
744
0.460
Public participation
Design collaboration
Urban renewal
Built Heritage
Co-Desig
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
551,856
15,901
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Cathy Mccullagh
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,516
521
0.344
photochemistry
wastewater treatment
reactor developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
569,631
16,629
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Carlos Francisco Moreno-Garcia
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,439
1,245
0.865
Graph Matching
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Document Image Analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
672,083
21,037
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hemanta Baruah
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,079
306
0.284
Mathematics of Fuzziness
Graph Theory
Clustering Algorithms
Mathematics of Partial Presenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
682,898
21,511
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Joanneke Hj Kruijsen
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,047
514
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
694,841
22,057
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Simon Burnett
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,013
546
0.539
knowledge management
narrative
innovation
storytelling
informatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
705,847
22,589
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ketan Pancholi
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
982
570
0.580
soft matter processing
self assembly
nanostructure preparation technolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
727,980
23,693
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Somasundar Kannan
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
924
524
0.567
Control
Dynamics
Robotics/Aerospace
AI/ML
Hysteresi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
759,627
25,305
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sheikh Zahidul Islam
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
845
646
0.764
Fuel cell
Wind Turbine
Renewable energy
heat exchanger
porous media flo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
788,249
26,835
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ranjan Dutta Kalita
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
338
0.434
Biology
Drug Discovery
Cellulose based Drug Delivery
Drug Delivery
Natural Product
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
802,698
27,650
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Amar Bennadji
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
747
532
0.712
Buildings and energy efficiency
retrofitting
real estate
digitalisatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
818,121
28,516
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mark Snaith
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
715
307
0.429
Argumentation
artificial intelligence
computer scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
823,452
28,798
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Morgan Adams
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
704
289
0.411
Photocatalysis
reactor design
environmental
tracers
optoelectronic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
850,235
30,333
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Anita E Weidmann
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
651
409
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
850,667
30,357
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mohamad Ghazi Droubi
Royal Global University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
493
0.758
Structural Integrity
Condition Monitoring
Erosion and Corrosion
Acoustic Emissio